Crew Dragon Endurance
Endurance | |
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Type | Space capsule |
Class | Dragon 2 |
Eponym | Endurance (1912) |
Serial no. | C210 |
Owner | SpaceX |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Specifications | |
Dimensions | 4.4 m × 3.7 m (14 ft × 12 ft) |
Power | Solar panel |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
History | |
Location | International Space Station |
First flight |
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Flights | 1 |
Flight time | 123 days and 3 hours |
Dragon 2s | |
Crew Dragon Endurance (Dragon C210) is a Crew Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX, built and operated under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. On 11 November 2021, it was launched to transport personnel to the International Space Station as part of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission, which has become a part of ISS Expedition 66.
History[]
On 7 October 2021, it was announced that Dragon C210 will be called Endurance.[1] Astronaut Raja Chari said that the name honors the SpaceX and NASA teams that built the spacecraft and trained the astronauts who will fly it. Those workers endured through a pandemic. The name also honors Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The three-masted vessel sank in 1915 after being bound in ice before reaching Antarctica.[2]
Endurance was first launched on 11 November 2021 (UTC) on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), LC-39A, carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.
Flights[]
Mission | Patch | Launch date (UTC) | Landing date (UTC) | Crew | Duration | Remarks | Outcome |
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Crew-3 | 11 November 2021, 02:03:31 UTC[3] | Late April 2022 | Long duration mission. Ferries four members of the Expedition 66/67 crew to the ISS. | Docked at ISS |
References[]
- ^ "We have a capsule name!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Astronauts choose "Endurance" as name for new SpaceX crew capsule". Spaceflight Now. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Sempsrott, Danielle (30 October 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Next Space Station Crew Rotation Launch Date". NASA. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
External links[]
- Media related to Crew Dragon Endurance at Wikimedia Commons
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